As soon as she sensed movement, Kushina disappeared from her seat and appeared a meter to the left with a descending kick.
Hinata, who had just appeared in the spot, was surprised by Kushina's speed and also teleported.
"Space time ninjutsu? Who are you?" Kushina asked as she noticed the other party using chakra, unlike herself, who used mana for her movements. According to her knowledge, only Minato should know a ninjutsu of that type at this moment.
Without waiting for an answer she formed a Rasengan in each hand and moved forward.
By the time Kushina reached where Hinata had been, she was already gone, making Kushina quickly throw one toward the place where she felt she would appear. But to her surprise Hinata did not dodge it, instead she received it head on without moving.
Within half a millisecond Kushina appeared beside her and used the Rasengan in her other hand against Hinata.
As she touched her while doing this, even though she realized her body was hard like iron, she was still surprised.
"The mana Rasengan should pierce external defenses, how did you manage to avoid it?"
"I protected my vital organs with iron coated bone and regenerated the flesh quickly."
"And you did all that without even wrinkling your clothes?"
At Kushina's question, Hinata smiled triumphantly.
"Hehe, it is a personal gift from Lord Kaito. It is very durable" she said proudly.
"Kaito gave you a gift? That idiot has not even given me anything" Kushina complained.
"N no, I think it is not right to speak badly about Kaito."
"Oh? Why?" Kushina asked with an amused smile.
"B-because... umm..."
"Hahaha, you are very funny. So, what are you doing here, Hinata? Can I call you Hinata? I will call you that."
"Of course, as Miss Kushina wishes" Hinata replied.
"Good, Hinata, you came from the future and all that like Kaito said?"
"Yes, twenty one years in the future to be exact."
"Twenty one years in the future... it sounds so unreal that somehow it does not surprise me. Who is the Hokage in the future?"
"Of course it is Miss Kushina. No one else can replace her" Hinata answered immediately.
"So me, huh..." Kushina murmured.
"Is something wrong?" Hinata asked after noticing her somewhat disappointed expression.
"No... becoming Hokage was always my dream. Of course I am happy."
"I know. The entire ninja world knows the story of the Red Haired Demon" Hinata said with the excitement of a child meeting her idol.
"So, if you are here it means you are going to do all that conquering the country from the inside thing, right?" Kushina asked, changing the subject.
"That is right. I came to say that I already closed the deal with the Daimyo. I need you to take care of Minato and Shisui's matters, please."
"What matters?" Kushina asked in confusion.
Hinata did not need to answer. At that moment both of them felt someone unpleasant approaching.
With a movement of her finger the door opened inward and Danzo, who was about to hit it hard, lost his balance and fell inside.
"Kushina, what are you doing?" he said angrily.
"I could ask you the same. Can you stop hitting doors? You owe more than three hundred thousand ryo in doors to Hiruzen, you know?" she said while sitting down again in her office chair and rubbing her temples.
'I do not know how Hiruzen managed to tolerate Danzo for so many years'
Danzo did not reply. After calming down, he quickly noticed the mess in the office and was surprised.
"What happened here?" he asked suspiciously.
"Nothing. I was practicing a new technique and it went wrong."
"Here? And who is she?"
Danzo believed none of it. He immediately questioned Hinata's identity, who was simply standing there watching everything, but Kushina did not care about his suspicions at all.
"It does not matter who she is. Better tell me, what do you want?"
Danzo perceived the total lack of importance Kushina gave him and his face changed, threatening to explode with rage. Even so, he could do nothing but clench his fists, suppress his emotions and speak with feigned subordination toward her.
"Minato and Shisui went on a mission. Here are the details," he said, handing her a report.
"Roran... Future Company... technology from the future... dragon vein... strange machine... powerful ninja with unknown abilities. What do you mean unknown? Did they not see how they were attacked?" Kushina asked after reading the file quickly.
"Apparently they used some technique to make them forget it. They do not remember anything about the enemy beyond their appearance and strength."
"...How convenient" Kushina said with sarcasm, making a face. "So, what about this?"
"What about it? Roran has a powerful chakra source and they are using it to create unknown technology. They even attacked Konoha ninjas. It is clear they want to provoke a war. We must defend ourselves and..."
"Shut up" Kushina interrupted. "What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think I cannot read a report and understand the situation? Or did you really believe you could convince me with all that useless chatter?
Clearly Minato and Shisui attacked first and the enemy ninja only defended herself. She even spared their lives.
Instead of thinking about starting a war for no reason, use your mouth to notify Minato and Shisui that they are losing the right to carry out missions or leave the village for one month. In addition, each of them will pay two hundred and fifty thousand ryo for acting without following orders and even attacking another village without permission."
"That makes no sense. They were carrying out a secret mission."
"A secret mission means that only the Hokage knows about it, Danzo. If some random old man like you knows it then it is hiding information, and that is illegal.
Do they serve Konoha or do they serve you?"
"You...! Fine. But Roran is a danger and someday you will realize it" Danzo said angrily before turning to leave.
"Wait" Kushina stopped him before he left. "Before you send your illegal private team to do something, you should know that the Daimyo just signed a cooperation agreement with Future Company, so anything you do will not only go against Konoha but also against the Land of Fire."
"Impossible. How can you..."
Before Danzo finished, Hinata threw him a copy of the contract.
Danzo caught it and read it quickly. The more he read the more surprised he became.
When he finished, his eyes were full of shock.
Not because of the contract or because he believed it was fake. Even though Kushina had no respect for him, she always managed to irritate him within legal limits, so she would not invent something like this just to annoy him.
What surprised him was that this young woman possessed a contract of such importance, which meant that this young woman was not only from Future Company but probably a high ranking member.
That meant that earlier, while he was speaking, he had only been making a fool of himself in front of Kushina, who already knew the whole truth.
In the end he could only throw the contract back while leaving angrily.
"Kushina, you will regret this."
"I will be waiting" Kushina said, waving at him as he left, before gently closing the door with magic.
"Please tell me it will not be long until I can kill him" Kushina immediately turned to Hinata and asked in a tone that sounded almost like a plea.
"Actually, I think it is around now when Danzo realized he had no real authority, so he moved forward his plan against the Uchiha, seeking to increase his power."
"Did it change much?" Kushina asked, already knowing Danzo's original plan thanks to Kaito.
"I do not know, I do not know what his original plan was, Kaito never told me" Hinata replied. "But regarding his current plan, he basically uses the little authority he has to keep provoking the Uchiha and prove that you will never give them power in Konoha, that they will continue being isolated.
Then he will make other small moves that will finally erode the clan from the inside, causing them to explode against Konoha in a rebellion where they will all die in exchange for weakening the village a little.
Danzo will get rid of all the Uchiha, obtain many Sharingan, weaken your power and finally accuse you of allowing that to happen, managing to reduce your influence in Konoha."
"It is a good plan" Kushina admitted. "After several months of hearing him shout and ramble about how anything is a threat to Konoha just because it is a little strong, I had forgotten how cruel and cunning he can be."
"And what about Hiruzen? Even if he is not doing anything wrong now, I do not plan to let him live. He is the same as Danzo but he can enjoy prestige in Konoha. It annoys me quite a lot, especially when he comes to try to advise me on some matters while pretending closeness from time to time."
"I am sorry, I cannot say that" Hinata apologized.
"To avoid changing time?"
"No. You repeated many times that I should let you discover it on your own so I would not steal the pleasure of doing it" Hinata said.
At that response Kushina laughed.
"Yes, that sounds like something I would say."
In Orochimaru's laboratory.
"That damn brat. She has no respect for me at all" Danzo roared furiously.
"'Brat', huh? Danzo, you should speak with some respect to the Hokage."
"I do not have time for jokes, Orochimaru. I am about to go all out. Better tell me, the woman from the future, how much do you think you could be involved?"
Orochimaru smiled, knowing that question would come.
"Fifty percent."
"Fifty percent?"
"That is right" Orochimaru nodded. "The truth is that, according to Minato and Shisui's accounts, with so many kekkei genkai in the same body without any rejection, only I have the technology and the capability to do it in this world."
"Then why only fifty percent?" Danzo asked irritably.
"That is because of Kushina..."
"Kushina?"
"You have the bad habit of interrupting others, Danzo.
As you know, Kushina uses a strange energy instead of chakra. At this point nobody believes anymore that it is because of the Nine Tails. Most likely it has something to do with the mysterious individual, the leader of Tasogare.
That individual has unknown capabilities that seem to be outside this world.
As I said, in this world only I can create something like the Black and White Demon. But outside this world it is possible that the leader of Tasogare also did it.
Thus, I have a fifty percent chance of being responsible, while the leader of Tasogare has the other fifty."
"Unfortunately, given the possible relationship between Tasogare and Kushina, and the fact that Future Company arrived here so quickly and spoke with Kushina, the chances that it is my responsibility drop to only ten percent."
"Damn it. Then you cannot recreate it? Using the Sharingan and the Byakugan together, along with other kekkei genkai... if I had them instead of some random ninja, I would be invincible."
"Even if I did not do it, it does not mean I cannot recreate it, Danzo.
If her body endured that then it must be special. If you can get me at least some cells I can analyze her biology and achieve something similar" Orochimaru said confidently while his long tongue licked his lips.
"I will do everything possible to get it for you soon. You just handle the rest like always" Danzo said.
"Of course. I only hope nothing unexpected happens along the way" Orochimaru said.
His senses had always been accurate, and right now they were telling him that a great problem was approaching.
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